July 29, 2010
Can an Imperfect Market Produce Perfect Results?
In economics, it's well known that a perfect market is one in which everybody has access to information instantly, accurately, and uniformly. The closest market in the United States to this is our stock market, where the information flows freely; investors know exactly how securities are priced within moments of the most recent trades. Perfect markets are difficult to beat, and the people who identify and take little pinches of profits call it arbitrage.
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Can Lone Wolves Cooperate?
A few days ago, I shared my view on how entrepreneurs are being squeezed out in this economy - even more so than our bigger company counter-parts who have also been struggling. A lot of people agreed — and a few disagreed – but this topic created a lot of discussion. Now I want to put forth a strategy for entrepreneurs to embrace. One which could help all of us overcome this mess.
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The Death of Entrepreneurship?
In business, nothing matters more to me than free enterprise and the success of entrepreneurship across America. The values that entrepreneurs bring to business are what have made this country great over its 234-year history. But I'm concerned that the current business and political environment is so unfriendly to entrepreneurs that the death of entrepreneurship may be imminent.
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January 6, 2010
Where Can I Get A Good Grant Writer?
People ask me frequently if I know of a good grant writer. I used to think that it was possible to find an excellent grant writer by going on one of the many websites, such as http://www.elance.com or http://www.guru.com and finding someone who is highly experienced in complying with the forms, formats and the rules of the various grants that are available for businesses, non-profits, and other organizations.
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Real Estate Syndication: Does A New World Need a New Way?
The world has gotten sufficiently complicated, where many of the rules that have been written in the past need to be broken or disregarded so that we can move forward and break through the log jam.
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achieve success attract investment build businesses business advisor business venture capital entrepreneur entrepreneurs get capital money business raise money successful entrepreneursBelow is the third and final part of my personal reflections from the Real Estate Deal Making And Syndication Symposium that we just held in Las Vegas. My comments are directed toward the other people who attended this live program, but I chose to share them on my blog for the benefit of all real estate professionals and experienced investors.
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The Mathematics of Your Credit Score
The way that our credit scores are actually calculated is "top secret." No one seems to know exactly how they are calculated — and that means that no one can actually take decisive action to improve one's score. It's a system that penalizes entrepreneurs because we use credit in our businesses so our scores are necessarily lower compared to employees of corporations who tend to have less debt attached to their credit report. Nevertheless, no matter who you are, your credit score is probably suffering from the disastrous economy that has overcome all of us in the last six or nine months.
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March 16, 2009
Why Is Now The Best Time To Raise Pools Of Cash?
In the history of the United States and quite possibly in the history of the world, a transfer of wealth may never occur as substantial as the one that's in front of us right now. At this particular moment, real estate (which is extremely depressed in many parts of the country) is being taken over by banks and lending institutions. These properties are being acquired by savvy investors who know how to take advantage of the distress in our system.
If there was ever a time that you wanted to be involved in the acquisition of real estate or real estate paper, now is the time to do that. The people who have cash are the ones who are going to acquire the pools of distressed assets and benefit from the equalization that will occur in the near future.
The old rule says that "cash is king" but the truth is that "pools of cash are really the end of the rainbow." The goal that you have to shoot for is to acquire pools of cash. There are several reasons why this is important. Here are 5 key points to consider:
1. Credit crunch. We are in a desperate credit crunch at this time. There is a lock on capital due largely to lack of confidence which is preventing cash from being dispersed into the market place. Consequently, enormous sums of money are sitting on the sidelines. A savvy promoter or syndicator will be able to show investors that the money parked on the sidelines would be better utilized in assets that are purchased for a low price which can certainly be resold at a higher price shortly in the future.
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March 6, 2009
What's the Problem with Having a Sugar Daddy?
Every entrepreneur, whether a business owner, real estate syndicator, or other person who is trying to raise capital and make their project come to life, thinks that having a Sugar Daddy would make their dreams come true. I am defining a "Sugar Daddy" as an investor who just keeps funneling money into your project (i.e. real estate, independent film or any other business venture) because they think you're so terrific.
February 12, 2009
Where are the Loopholes in Corporate Liability Limitations?
My good friend and attorney colleague, Steven A. O'Rourke http://www.calcorplaw.com is a very sharp corporate and business lawyer. He is a guy that other attorneys go to when they want to debate the law. But he is also a guy that entrepreneurs and business owners should go to when they are concerned that they are thorough and accurate because Steve strives to be both. We often kick around concepts that affect the entrepreneurial community and below, I want to share another piece of work that Steve produced as a result of a recent conversation that we had.
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You can reduce exposure to legal liability by learning the differences and interplay of the different legal regimes that apply to shareholders, directors and officers, respectively. When a prospective client asks me to create a corporation for which he would be (an) owner, an officer and (a) director, he usually states his purpose as wanting "personal immunity" As a matter of professionalism, I always assure the client knows the general law before I start preparing documents.
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